[plug] usb card reader

[Bill Kenworthy]

Which "bits" and how under linux?

BillK

On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 22:32, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> my understanding is these cards are just FAT file systems
> 
> perhaps its as easy as flippin the bits across to rw?
> 
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> On Fri, 7 May 2004, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> 
> > Have a bit of a weird problem
> >
> > I used a usb 3 in 1 reader to back up some files onto a 256M SD card a
> > few weeks back.  Worked fine at the time, but the person I did this for
> > has just come back and said that the card plugged into it is now read
> > only under windows.
> >
> > Sure enough, it mounts read only under linux (fedora and the original
> > laptop which is gentoo), and can only be forced to rw as a remount.  The
> > lock is "off"
> >
> > There are a few references to this on the net, but they are of no use or
> > in German etc.
> >
> > Has anyone stumbled across this before?
> >
> > BillK
> >
> >
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